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...blind and the deaf will have new sight and new hearing. A pocket radar will scan a blind man's surroundings, relay the information either through sounds or through vibrations. A comparable device will let the deaf "hear." Artificial arms and legs could be motorized and computerized, perhaps linked to the brain, so that the wearer will find his impulse translated into action. Medical men foresee fetuses grown outside the uterus (in case women want to be spared the burdens of pregnancy) and human tissues grown to specifications. The Cleveland Clinic's Dr. Willem J. Kolff prophesies "artificial...
...Around key targets, said one officer, antiaircraft installations have been increased "to the point of saturation." Some 65 Soviet SAM sites (v. 30 or so pre-pause) are in place in the Hanoi-Haiphong area alone, half of them manned by Russian crews and many equipped with sophisticated new radar systems. MIG-21s have been spotted on airstrips in the North. In the South, there was evidence that the Viet Cong guerrillas might be equipped for the first time with 20-mm. and 37-mm. antiaircraft guns, which could seriously threaten the U.S. planes and helicopters that fly vital strafing...
...game fish, the fishermen string out "long lines" -ropes or metal cables anywhere from two to 60 miles in length with baited hooks attached every twelve to 25 ft. The long lines are left in the water for 24 hours or more, supported by buoys and equipped with radar beacons to spot their location for the boat. Fish hooked on the long lines fight hopelessly against the miles-long cable until they drown or are mutilated by sharks. Off Baja California one day last spring, enraged Mexican sport fishermen counted more than 300 sailfish on the 2,000 hooks...
...maintain its vast surveillance system and uninterrupted communication with a network of planes, bases and radar stations, NORAD has installed 13 computers-each with its own job, each able to bail out any of the others in case of trouble. Those computers, with their intricate mix of sophisticated electronic aids, represent a new generation of automated information. Data from a BMEWS station in Alaska, for example, or a message from a Navy antisubmarine patrol plane, is fed into the banked computer memory drums and onto the glowing display consoles without ever passing through human hands or brains. So fast...
Eyeball Maneuvers. From the time that Schirra made the final major thrust that moved his ship up toward Gemini 7's circular orbit, Gemini 6 was completely on its own, freed from direct guidance by Houston, largely dependent on its on-board computer, its radar and Command Pilot Schirra's "eyeball" maneuvering. Both Schirra and Stafford literally had their hands full. Schirra's left hand was on the OAMS (Orbital Attitude Maneuvering System) translation stick, which controls Gemini's 85-Ib. and 100-lb. thrusters, and is-in NASA parlance-"direction oriented." When he wanted...